Visual field testing via telemedicine
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1. A visual field testing system comprising:
- a video display screen for viewing by a patient at a local site;
a computing means located at a site remote from said local site, said remote computing means being programmed to generate visual stimuli for presentation on said local display screen, to monitor a patient'"'"'s responses to said visual stimuli, to provide real-time feedback to said responses, and to provide diagnostic information to a patient;
an automatically-trained expert system at said remote site connected to said remote computing means for receiving data on said responses from a patient, for instantaneously interpreting said responses, and for providing interpretation of said responses to said remote computing means; and
a data transmission system between said local and remote sites for transmitting data between said local display screen and said remote computing means.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for the performance and autointerpretation via the Internet, or other telemetric vehicle, of the visual function test parameters obtained during interactive visual field screening utilizing a local display screen. Such interactive testing and instantaneous autointerpretation of visual field performance utilizing a local display screen, via telemedicine, are utilized to screen for glaucoma and other neurological disorders affecting the visual system. Telemedicine, such as via the Internet, allows the system to be employed on a world-wide basis, including areas where physicians are not present.
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1. A visual field testing system comprising:
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a video display screen for viewing by a patient at a local site; a computing means located at a site remote from said local site, said remote computing means being programmed to generate visual stimuli for presentation on said local display screen, to monitor a patient'"'"'s responses to said visual stimuli, to provide real-time feedback to said responses, and to provide diagnostic information to a patient; an automatically-trained expert system at said remote site connected to said remote computing means for receiving data on said responses from a patient, for instantaneously interpreting said responses, and for providing interpretation of said responses to said remote computing means; and a data transmission system between said local and remote sites for transmitting data between said local display screen and said remote computing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A visual field testing system comprising:
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a plurality of local computers including video monitors for viewing by patients at a plurality of testing sites; a response means at each testing site for activation by a patient at said testing site; a computer at a site remote from said testing sites, said remote computer being programmed to generate visual stimuli via said local computers for presentation on said video monitors, to monitor patients'"'"' responses to said visual stimuli, to provide real-time feedback to said responses, and to provide diagnostic information to patients; a neural network at said remote site connected to said remote computer for receiving data on said responses from a patient, for instantaneously interpreting said responses, and for providing interpretation of said responses to said remote computer; and a data transmission system between said local testing sites and said remote site for transmitting data between said local computers and said remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for performing visual field testing, said method comprising:
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providing a display screen for viewing by a patient at a local site, a response means for activation by a patient at said local site, a computer at a site remote from said local site, an autointerpretation system at said remote site, and a data transmission system between local and remote sites; generating visual stimuli for presentation on said local display screen; monitoring a patient'"'"'s responses to said visual stimuli; providing real-time feedback to said responses; providing data on said responses to said remote autointerpretation system; instantaneously interpreting said responses with said remote autointerpretation system; providing interpretation of said responses to said remote computer; and providing diagnostic information to a patient with said remote computer, via said data transmission system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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